Mangal Döner Neusser Strasse in Köln

Quality leaves something to be desired

The meat's flavor has diminished, and it's overpriced and lacks quality. Never again!

Unfortunately, the breads have been reduced in size. For this price, there should be bigger bread and more meat as before.

Mangal Döner on Neusser Straße in Cologne advertises generous opening hours until 1:00 a.m. Unfortunately, three-thirds of the employees stopped service completely at 12:10 a.m. today, even though closing time hadn't yet been reached. (At 12:45 a.m., they certainly would have been understanding.) Despite the skewer being visible, it was labeled "all gone," and fries were no longer available. All of this is completely understandable. Other guests who entered the shop after us around 12:20 a.m. were also turned away. The staff reacted inappropriately to constructive and deliberately polite feedback about this service, even threatening to call the police and emergency services?! We were told to refrain from taking photos and writing reviews. More like an act of desperation in the face of impending criticism. ...well, this apparently had little success. This entry is simply intended as a note to the operator regarding existing conditions, as well as to future customers regarding the service they can expect. As guests, we remain open to suggestions for solutions and an appropriate response. We would be happy to discuss this personally...

The staff are very friendly, but the quality of the meat is subpar. Edit: The next day, I pan-fried the meat, and it tasted good. The problem was apparently that the meat wasn't cooked enough beforehand.

Never order there, they originally put 20g of meat or something like that in the kebab

This was one of the best kebabs I've had in a long time. It's filling. It was juicy and had everything a kebab lover could want. The price is pretty reasonable, especially when you add fries and a Coke. But it's better to have expensive and good than expensive and bad. 😎

The service is catastrophically bad. Despite paying in advance, my order was forgotten. Two doner kebabs took about 15 minutes to arrive, despite virtually no business (there was only one person in front of me in line). So, it's definitely not fast food, and the chicken wasn't even cooked properly. All in all, probably the worst Mabgal in Cologne, but still a flaw, hence the 3 stars for food. Never. Again.

I think the food is impressively good, meat tastes good regardless of whether it's beef or chicken, I also think fries are good. Sometimes it's prepared carelessly, i.e. it rarely happens that it's fished out of the frying oil a few minutes too early, I think it's really tasty and the portions are huge. With 8 euros you can get really full and eat something delicious

I have been a regular customer at Mangal since the first branch opened on Weidengasse, but unfortunately the quality has declined significantly in recent years. The chicken is cut far too quickly, so it is often not cooked properly. The bread is also no longer of the same quality as it used to be - it has become smaller and no longer tastes as good as it used to. In addition, the amount of meat has decreased, so that the price-performance ratio is no longer right at all. Another big problem is the staff. The employees are constantly changing, often seem inexperienced and not properly trained. It would be better to invest in well-trained staff to avoid such problems. Overall, I am disappointed with the development of the store. Mangal used to be one of the best kebab addresses, but unfortunately I can no longer say that.

Absolute disaster: unkempt branch, employees don't pay attention when ordering because they prefer to talk to friends who are hanging around at the counter. Quality of the food is low level (cheapest pressed meat, sauces probably from a bucket, fries are soggy), the price/performance ratio is zero. Generally just a greasy, dirty atmosphere. It's actually a shame that LP lends its name to the store/chain.

It's a shame, the quality just isn't right anymore. Today we had 2 x kebabs without any extras and a fries €21.90 🙈🤣😂 Unfortunately the taste is just run of the mill. The store in Nippes is pretty dingy. The employees ask at least 3 to 4 times how the kebab should be topped. The colleague at the checkout is trying to be funny, but he's not! Simply disappointed.

The kebab is really delicious - even better with cheese! Been there twice now. However, it has to be said that it really depends on who puts the kebab together - some employees are very thrifty & "forgetful", so I wasn't even asked what kind of meat I wanted.

Disastrous kebab, very unfriendly staff

Unfortunately everything from the meat to the bread was completely lacking. Overall poor for the price and what you get in terms of taste. After trying it several times, I would probably look elsewhere

I always went here because I appreciated the service and quality at Lucas. But on the last two visits - both at Rudolfplatz and here in Nippes - I was very disappointed with the service. The sellers were rude and didn't give any sauce at all even though I specifically pointed it out. My dinner was completely ruined. I won't risk going back to Podolski any time soon.

Oh well. The hype is probably a bit exaggerated. Food quite ok. After a short visit you already smell bad...

Nice and fast staff, good kebab

Here you know what you are getting. Above all, the store is mostly clean when it is not overcrowded and the employees are not keeping up. You can still get good food late in the evening and not just for the rest of the day. Recommended.

Frozen skewer with probably a small amount of meat. It should actually be called “meat skewer in bread” because “döner kebab” requires at least 40% meat. This is about “veal”. Chicken meat is real and tastes much better. Sauces are standard but unfortunately not good. What is very good is the bread. Mostly fresh and homemade. Employees are friendly. Unfortunately, the price-performance ratio is very poor here, over €8-10 for a kebab/dürüm, as of 2025

As always, very tasty! Mangal remains solid

One of my favorite kebabs in Cologne - with Poldi's drinking yoghurt to wash it down

Friendly service!!! Delicious food!!!

Food ok, general condition of the store is poor. You don't feel comfortable there, you want to eat quickly and leave

Meat doner kebab is made from minced meat, which is actually good, but I didn't like it very much because I was used to the doner kebab made in Turkey. But I liked the chicken doner. I recommend the sauces.

It was the last time. Ordered mixed kebab with EXTRA meat. I said just a bit of salad. See pictures. The catering industry is destroying itself!

Terrible kebab, much smaller than in Podolski's other place. Burnt meat and terrible hot sauce. I definitely don't recommend it

Yesterday as a native Berliner there! This has nothing to do with a classic kebab! Tzatziki, cocktail and spicy and coleslaw? Garlic, herbs or hot sauce and red cabbage, onions iceberg and cucumbers/tomatoes belong on a kebab! And the bread, what is that supposed to be? Flatbread, nothing else... No wonder the kebab shop in Berlin was closed. The price was exorbitant for the quantity.

Mangal kebab is simply amazing! The taste of the kebab is incomparable - fresh meat, perfectly seasoned, and the ingredients are always crisp and of the highest quality. The homemade sauces in particular give the whole thing that certain something. The portions are generous so you'll really feel full, and it's absolutely great value for money. The service is also super friendly and fast, even when it's busier. For me the best kebab shop in the area! If you are looking for authentic and really tasty kebab, you should definitely stop by Mangal. Absolutely recommended!

Today we are from Ennepetal with 4 people. We arrived to finally treat ourselves to the infamous kebab, what can I say, unfortunately our expectations were not met. Let's now look at a urinal where the urine doesn't drain. It has to be possible to keep the floor clean. Staff wearing slippers and running around in sweatpants that were just dirty was difficult for me and my father to accept. Let's come to the long-awaited kebab, as I said, the bread was a 10 out of 10 but unfortunately that was it, the taste of the garlic sauce was a ready-made sauce like you know from grilling. Personally, I didn't have enough meat in my bag, even though it was sliced ​​very thinly with the machine. 7 euros is already a proud sum. So the bottom line is, I won't take this route anymore, which is a shame because the potential to stand out from the crowd is there. With culinary greetings Dennis Krupp

Ridiculous - €13.90 for a plate of kebab and I have to cook something again at home because the portion was so small. I hope you change something!

After going to the toilet we had no appetite. I've never seen anything so disgusting, especially there were clothes and shoes on the stairs that really stank. I also have to say the employees don't go out at all. I was always happy to be there from Dortmund

On November 11th ordered. Ordered 2 x Dürum, only one delivered. And it was cold. No Coke ordered, but delivered. The business cannot be reached by telephone. So I can't complain about the bill. Ordered the missing Dürum again and paid for it again. Cold again despite priority delivery. Top 👍

Super lovely employees Best mangal doner in Cologne (tried at GL, Cologne Airport, Urbach Porz) Clean branch, toilets on site.

It tasted good, but now I have the worst diarrhea

Tbh, the best donner i have ever had in my life. The portion is HUGE ! The meat is absolute perfect, juicy and smoky. Fyi, I’ve been traveling around europe

I've already eaten a few kebabs, but they were really tasty. It's a shame that I don't live in Cologne. The garlic sauce especially very well done! And the bread is very crispy. I'll definitely come back again when I'm in Cologne again!

The kebab is better than from the branch in Leverkusen. Ambience is so-so, price is ok.

Night shift is bad. half was empty

1* because I have never received a proper order. There is always something wrong or missing from the order. Never order here again. 👎🏼

Very tasty, especially the bread! Highly recommended

Delicious food but whoever takes the orders should do less coke. The orders at wolt are never seen, then the restaurant is taken offline. Very annoying

Very tasty kebab! Tasty and generously filled. The guys are quick and very nice. I'm really glad I finally ate at Mangal. All the hater reviews make you really skeptical, completely wrongly, as I was pleased to discover yesterday. Come again!

I feel like the store is derailing you a little! The staff who work there are unfriendly and hardly speak. Has 0 service culture and is, in a word, a terrific miscast! Don't speak German or don't want to, tables are dirty, floor is dirty, walk around in slippers without socks. Poldi's name stands for the store, what's wrong with you?! Don't you check that? Don't you read the reviews? The path to the toilets is underground! Shoes everywhere and grease on the stairs. The floor is dripping with dirt. Now about the food: It was tasty and it was also an attractively large portion. But because of this experience with the staff (they don't even lift their feet when walking), they don't change gloves and are chronically unfriendly. If you have 0 intention to treat the customer as king, I will never go there again! What a shame! In Poldi's interest, you should check the store incognito!

I can only speak for this shop in Nippes, but it doesn't seem to be properly maintained. You pay quite a bit for the name, but probably not for the quality. My feedback is for improvement, maybe something will change. However, everyone has to have their own experience, so don't be put off and try it out.

Unfortunately it was closed for renovation.

Great ! Fast, friendly and good food!

Very, very tasty kebab with homemade bread

The kebab is delicious but the sellers are just annoying! It's best to keep your mouth shut, finish the kebab and clean the shop better! For 7.90 a really outrageously tiny kebab! You can now eat two of them! Been there for the last time

The kebab is good, but you can't say anything about it. The only thing that doesn't suit the store or speaks for it at this location in Nippes is clearly the employees. The guys who make the kebab are really nice and courteous, but their slave driver in a white shirt at the checkout treats them neither humanely nor with dignity. I was there with my girlfriend on a Friday evening around 11 p.m. when I ordered a kebab with sheep's cheese and a fries, the kebab with sheep's cheese for €1 extra, which unfortunately wasn't put on my kebab. When I asked in a friendly manner, I became cheeky and loud I answered, I only have one kebab and I shouldn't cause any stress, the cheese is empty and will be changed soon, I calmly withdrew. After the kebab was ready on the counter for exactly 10 minutes, I asked again and was literally shouted at, I answered it Mr. kindly pointed out that service means something different and went out with my kebab without sheep's cheese and cold, ate it and waited with my friend for her fries, which came to the table 2 minutes later completely over-salted. The worst people with no behavior whatsoever work in this store!

The employees don't seem to like German. Compatriots who come in after me are served first and then when they want to leave they call after me. There are enough kebab shops on Neusser Str. where you are welcome. Too bad for Poldi...

The bread is the special ingredient here. It is very tasty.

The kebab was very bad, there was hardly any salad in it, the chicken meat was strange. I don't want to write about bread at all. I was simply disappointed the first time and the last time I bought a kebab from Mangal.

Doner is very small. Overpriced

This has nothing to do with a real kebab and the good shops have been pushed out

Hello I'm writing here and only reviewing this location. I wasn't with the others... Yesterday we were in Cologne for Gamescom and a football game, then of course Posolski kebab, to Cologne Cathedral a MUST if you drive almost 400 km there... Food great, kebab rolls delicious, meat fresh, price 7.90 ok. But please, Mr. Podolski, you only pay for the name here. You have millions in your account, unfortunately nothing to do with the kebab. The place is dirty, the cushions on the chairs are disgusting... dirty. Everything greasy. The only thing that counts here is money... The place was really well staffed, we didn't have to wait long for the food and it was tasty. But I saw on the edge of the chair. Staff, approx. 5 employees: not one can clean the tables Wipe down the kitchen, clear the path. Mr. Podolski, if you really own it, go there once a year and take a look. As a Polish person myself, I would be embarrassed. I was expecting a place that had a bit of Turkish kebab and a bit of Polish Poldi blood behind it... Too bad... But food good

The kebab was great! Tastes very good

Complete failure, I got a chicken kebab with partially raw chicken. When I asked the staff at the grill about it, they said that this sort of thing happens regularly.

It was my first time at Mangal, after all the hype I wanted to try this kebab. My conclusion is that you can eat it, but in many kebab shops it is at least as good. I don't go there anymore just for that reason. It was also somehow a “mass processing”. The shop in Cologne-Nippes didn't look inviting for dinner either, so we sat outside at a table. Small tables for 4 people, probably for families with small children.. As I said, it tastes just as good as many others, you don't have to drive/go there.

It was my first time there and I was very disappointed. I don't speak Turkish and the staff isn't particularly helpful. Just quick quick. I don't go there anymore. I'd rather be next door where I'm asked what I want and don't get the leftover meat. I'm really disappointed with Podolski Grill.

Unfortunately I can only confirm the negative reviews. Mangal in Nippes has deteriorated extremely. Unfortunately, we have been disappointed too often in the last few months. Today we wanted to give it another chance. … The meat was undercooked in many places, which is why we quickly lost our appetite.

When Mangal was new to Veedel, they still made an effort. Nowadays the meat is cut raw and they don't respond to customer requests. The kebab is prepared without love and ends up mushy on the tablet or in the aluminum foil. I also have to say that it is the most expensive kebab in the area. I find the proud price of 7.90 really unreasonable. In Ehrenfeld at Lord or Haus we are currently at €7 and they have fresher salad on the counter!

when it has to be kebab “again” :)

Bite into the sandwich once and let it stand. The meat tasted dry and not fresh.

The guy at the checkout is very rude and disrespectful. Strangely enough, the kebab tastes different than it does in Weidengasse. The toilets and floors are very dirty and greasy, unfortunately the store is no longer recommended! The general quality of the dishes offered in the Mangal chain decreases significantly, which personally disappoints me. ✌️

I went and I don't regret it, it's really worth it. I thought it was probably overrated, but everything was delicious, the bun was delicious, the meat was very good. 5/5

Great kebab, especially the bread. Very fast and nice service.

In general, I can't understand the hype at all... The kebab is definitely okay. But not much more than that. The bread is very good, but I found the garlic sauce, for example, to be far too sweet and not authentic and the employee at the checkout was a bit unfriendly. Besides, there was no more Lahmacun. I don't see all that for one of the most expensive kebabs in Cologne. There are so many better ones.

Visiting Mangal Döner on Neusser Straße was an extremely positive experience. The kebab I tried there tasted excellent. The meat was nicely flavorful and juicy, and the vegetable side dishes were fresh and crunchy. Particularly noteworthy was the flatbread, which was baked to perfection – crispy on the outside and beautifully soft on the inside. The service at Mangal Döner was friendly and accommodating. Despite the rush of customers, I was served quickly, which I found very pleasant. The atmosphere of the place is simple and straightforward, which is appropriate for a quick food joint. Overall, Mangal Döner offers excellent quality at a fair price. For anyone looking for a delicious kebab in this area, this restaurant is definitely an excellent choice. I will certainly come back and can recommend it to anyone who wants a good kebab.

Once again I didn't get the food I ordered and paid for. In addition, other customers were given preference over and over again. Despite delicious food, fraud because you paid too much and didn't get the service.

So far our experiences with Mangal Döner have been good. But when I opened my falafel doner at home today, there was a piece of meat inside. Of course, mishaps can happen, but for people who follow a vegetarian diet this is an absolute no-go!

For me one of the top places to get a kebab. The bread is unbeatable, the meat is excellent. But the guys who work there are awesome.

One of many Mangal kebab shops. Very tasty bread, properly seasoned meat and fresh salad make a good snack for the lunch break. Prices are on the higher side for kebab prices, but you get a whole meal for that.

Catastrophe! Unfortunately there is no other way to describe it

Good service, everything was good. The kebab was tasty.

Unfortunately very dissatisfied

Right on the very busy road, so not my favorite.

The staff were very friendly and funny. The kebab for 7.50 was unfortunately very sparse. Meat was saved. The bread was particularly good. Still, overall it was average. Frozen fries for 5.90 are clearly too expensive.

Delicious, well-topped kebabs with a variety of sauces to choose from. Unfortunately right on the street.

Very tasty kebab with incredibly good homemade bread. The price is current average (7.90). The atmosphere and staff were also great. Unfortunately a bit stingy with the sauces. I'd love to come back when I'm in Cologne.

Delicious, clean and good service

The slim man at the front of the checkout with the cap and white shirt regularly fools people. I've been here more often as a delivery driver and it's no longer acceptable. He always acts like he doesn't understand something and then tries to fool people by saying different things. Or he gives a driver some nicknames and talks loudly about him behind his back and thinks he doesn't know. The restaurant is known to us delivery drivers because several drivers don't like going there. If you're not the man writing the answers here, then tell the man to talk to people sensibly. I have rarely seen such anti-social behavior in a restaurant.

Very, very tasty and clean as always 😋🤤

Very tasty kebab, the bread always impresses me the most, nice and crispy and really tasty. You can argue about the price, but you also know what you're getting. Everything is freshly prepared, so always allow for a little waiting time.

Very friendly and relatively quick... The bread is better than many other kebab shops.

Food ok but the whole joint seems rundown and in need of renovation. If I was Lukas I’d review the management. Gents toilets atrocious.. toilet seat falling off… dirty.. no towels.. soap was there and running water that’s about it. Needs a fresh lick of paint. In and out and never again. Visiting Köln.

An impudence! Unfortunately, we discovered that the increasing price does not necessarily mean quality assurance - > beware of rip-offs! Providing such a product (doner kebab) for that price is an outrage. The kebab is only half the size compared to before!!! Sad.

The worst kebab in Cologne I had to puke Sauces finished product not fresh Salad on the smelly meat quality very bad!

The employees can't hear properly when they're busy to! We really like the kebab, and the kebab bag is also well filled. The only disturbing factor is the SERVICE. (Please work on it..)

The taste of the kebab with veal was very tasty, the selection and the taste of the sauces were great 👍🏼

So until yesterday I regularly bought kebab here. It is understandable that prices have increased. But then the same standard should be maintained. The bread was so small that I really wonder how they are going to stuff meat and sakat into it. When I asked why the loaves were this size, I was told that they would fit a kilo of meat. Now I would have liked to see that. I didn't order and instead went to Haus des Döner. I can only recommend

Bad staff and bad food unfortunately

I didn't have the feeling of cleanliness and order here, the sauces were dried out, and the salad wasn't the nicest either. I actually expected more here.

Short own opinion: Best Mangal location in Cologne.

Doner Meat without sauce and bread, barbecue doner is a land of flavors coming together.... perfect.

Overpriced (almost 9 euros), for low quality (food quality, taste). After the kebab, I felt bad all day.

You are constantly noticed and noticed by the employees and feel comfortable. The kebab is very good, but a bit small and falls apart quickly.

Cheap minced meat skewer for an overpriced price.

Above average price for a below average kebab. The staff just wastes their time, Dürum isn't warmed up properly, etc

Mangal in Mühlheim was a blast. Here, however, the employees weren't on task and the food was bland. Fries only 2 stars, soft at first try, had them fried... Made them crispier but not tasty.